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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2009
Applicants:
Emad Ahmad Obaid Gharaibah, Sandvika, NO;
Ciro Cerretelli, Vignate, IT;
Michael Bernhard Schmitz, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Inventors:
Emad Ahmad Obaid Gharaibah, Sandvika, NO;
Ciro Cerretelli, Vignate, IT;
Michael Bernhard Schmitz, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 1/28 (2006.01); F03D 11/00 (2006.01); F04D 29/22 (2006.01); F04D 29/32 (2006.01); F04D 29/38 (2006.01); F01B 31/28 (2006.01); F01D 25/32 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01); B01D 45/14 (2006.01); F04D 29/28 (2006.01); F04D 29/70 (2006.01); F04D 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 (2013.01); B01D 45/14 (2013.01); F04D 27/0292 (2013.01); F04D 29/284 (2013.01); F04D 29/701 (2013.01); F04D 29/706 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid droplet catching device installed in a compressor impeller, the device includes an aperture disposed on a surface of the impeller and configured to receive the liquid droplet, and a channel disposed beneath and in fluid communication with the aperture, wherein in the channel is configured to direct the liquid droplet away from the aperture and out of the compressor impeller.